Hinge.



GUSTA'T J. GRUENDLER, OF ST. LOUIS; MJEBSORI.

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Speccation of liettiers Patent.

Patented Sept. v5, 191i,

.-ppication filed ecemher 19,1910. Serial No. 5972974.

To all wtom 'it may concern:

Be it .known that l, GUs'rAv al. GBUENDLER, citizen of the United States, and resident el? St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements! in Hinges, olt which the ollowing' is e specifica tion containing e full, clear, and exzict description,'reerence being' lied' to the ecc-ompenying drawings, forming a part hereof.. My invention relates to improvements 1n hinges, the object of my invention being to construct a hinge especially designed for the doors of refrigerators andthe like, Whereinit is necessary to hold the door tightly against the refrigerator around the door opening so es to form e non-leaking joint between the -door and the. reatrigeretor .as required for the` economy of ice 'and the preservation of e uniform temperature fao within the refrigerator. y

"W1/ith the .above purposesin view myinrention consists in certain. novel features of construction and arrangement of es will loe hereinafter .more fully desorilied, ,point-,ed out in the claims and illustrated by the ecconipenying drawings, in whiche l is e. front elevation of a, portion ofrigeretor and e portion of e door .snowing niy im. roved hinge connecting,r the door to rerige ttor; Fig, isle seetionel4 )len teken on the line 2 2 of lif., 'l Fica i o 9 b 3 e, detail perspective ot tliet part et the resigned tor etteclnnent to the treme erigeretorg Fig. fl is detail ier-- e et that part the hinge to which e strepis pivotelly secured f l. Wliiclfr is lim' the perfs strewn in i end 's the strep to V to' the :recoinportion of that part e hinge which is carried by the :trame ying,n` formed integrally therewith the tubular bearing 5 which projects down- 'Werdlylztrom the underneath fece oit" the 5o buse and is disposed about centrally of the bese. This tubular member, when the base is secured in. position, occupies the opening '3 in the door frame Adjacent eooh corner of the' bese ft there-is epert'oretion 6 through wliicli screws ere inserted forv the securing et the -ioese to the freine l. 'Extending up Helly therewith is wardly from `the left hand margin of the base 4 is en iiitegral standard 7 which is grooved tlir Hrgliout its length for the re oeption, of the spring 8, tlie uppermost end 9 of which extends :it approximately right angles tothe standard 'Z'. The spring 8 is secured to the standard by ineens of lag .screws 10.

l designates e substantially '5j-shaped vpintle bearing-member, the legpportionsof which are perforated adjacent their ends, and projecting from the body portion of the member is e cylindrical lug '1:2 which is designed for operation in the tubular meme oer 5 of the base portion, At the outer end of the lug l2 there is e perforation designed to receive the pin 'l3`for` the holding in place of the washer llt, which onlyI serves to prevent the unseeting of the member, l1 in oase the spring S breaks.

l5 designates tlistrep or portion of tlie laringe designed tot attachment to :die door. erriedfl'iy the Ast i prefere: intedie su'bstentieliy cylindrical piutle beeringniember It, lier i; the longitudinal'rib il? so that the thickness of the cylinder increased et n ,oil/en. point, for. reasons liereinefter nieren :telly scribed. The pintle beeringqnenil'ver 1G is preferably spaced apart from the strep por tion proper so that' when the door is fully opened the portion 9 oit the spring may freely move Between tiie treme l and the door 2 end preifere carried by the door is e compressi? earning;- t e te to "ee assembled, as d 2, lie operation und n .ty of t .inge `will be oorious. However, li desire to cell particular ettention to some of tlie admi ges et" va, hinge constructed as shown in, the drewingggs.4 By reason et the spring and rib 18, it is obvious that di p portion of the hinge will lie forced lie spring: e direction toward the ne l, tlziereloy lioldingthe door 2 tightly against the freine l and ine position to compress the gasket i8. For tl1e\ reason that the rib 17 has e. very slight'transverse dimension the spring engages and 4beers against the strep portion of the hinge' xecl to the door and pivotelly connected celshaped pint-le homing-member,

tive the bese e, the Washer le: being normally e slight distance removed from. the lower end of the tubular member 5. 4

lt is obvious n number of changes 1n the detail construction of my inge may bev mede and do not Wish to be understood es limiting myself to tbe construction shown.:

l'. In e binge of tbe class described, e' member ixecl to the door frame, e member 1with the member fined to tbe door frame, a slidingl connection between thetwo members so that the member carried bythe door may move outwardly endinwardly relativel the member secured to the door frame, a, spring arranged to act on the member carried by purposes stated.

2. In e hinge of tbe .class described, the combination with a bngemember, .carried by the door, having a. substantially cylindri v eportio'n' of which boerin is of increased-thickneee, of e pntle bearing-member securedjto the door iframe, end e spring acting upon seid. rst mentioned pintle bearing-member. end arranged to engage seid portion of increased thickness at tbe time when the door `is `fully closed, for the purposes stated*V ,l

" 3. In a hinge of the class described, the combination with a member, secured to the door, having a bearing, e portion of which is of increased thickness, of a member secured to the door frame, a spring carried by 1 the member fixed to the door frame, and e second member having a bearing connected with the bearing of themember connected to the door, which member is.

member secured to the door frame, a sprin carried by seid member, a. member carrie l by the member secured'to the door frame l the door wheny the door is closed, for thez end capable lof lateral movements relative the door frame, e. member pivotally secured to seid laterally movable member and orrenged for engagement with said spring at times, substantially as `shown and for the :purposes stated..

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. l GUSTAV J. GRUENDLER.

Witnesses: l

E. L. VALLACE, E. E. LoNeAN.

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